His several attempts to block all failed, so he had to retreat to Gaoyou City, and the Yuan army took the opportunity to surround Gaoyou. At this point, he suddenly fell into a situation of fighting alone. Outside the city, Tokhtar commanded the army to attack Gaoyou day and night, and he could only resist desperately and defend passively. And now, months have passed since the siege, and the food and grass in the city have been exhausted, and it is only enough to last for a month.

There are only more than ten days left before the Chinese New Year, but the people in the city can't even eat, let alone kill chickens and sheep. Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but sigh again.

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In the New Year of 1355, Anxi County was peaceful and peaceful, "Zhenhua Craftsman College" had all been closed, "Belle Laboratory" also stopped all research activities, and "Zhenhua Chamber of Commerce" subordinate factories were each craftsman received a 500 yuan voucher printed by "Anxi Commercial Bank", which is equivalent to a whole tael of silver.

Carpenter Liu looked at the five red sheets of paper in his hand, printed with 100 yuan, and the head of General Li, and couldn't help but wonder a little, just a few pieces of broken paper, can you really buy something?

With questions, Carpenter Liu came to Beishi Street with his family.

"Wow! It's so lively! Carpenter Liu's youngest daughter just went in and pulled him around, Carpenter Liu looked around, it was really like this, this year there are more shops than before, and he has never even seen many commodities outside, and the people around him are also shoulder to shoulder, which is several times more lively than the market.

"Daddy, Daddy, I'm going to eat this, and this." Pulled by the youngest daughter to a stall, Carpenter Liu saw that the youngest daughter was pointing to a pile of candy wrapped in white paper and said to him.

"What is this?" Carpenter Liu asked the boss.

"This is toffee, and the name is 'White Rabbit'." The boss replied with a smile on his face.

"White Rabbit?" Carpenter Liu picked up a piece of candy, and sure enough, the words "White Rabbit" were written on it, and a cute little rabbit was also printed.

"How expensive is candy wrapped in white paper?" Carpenter Liu was apprehensive. But seeing that his little daughter was cheering, and the other children were also drooling, he was ruthless, and a little embarrassed took out a hundred-yuan bill, and said resignedly: "This, do you accept this voucher?" ”

"Huh? You've got a voucher! Take, of course! You are a craftsman of Zhenhua, I really envy you. You don't know, this voucher is now in demand, you can use it to give priority to purchasing from the "Zhenhua Chamber of Commerce", and you can go directly to the bank to redeem more than 3 yuan in cash, but now no merchant takes it to redeem. By the way, these 'White Rabbit' toffees of mine are all purchased from the "Zhenhua Chamber of Commerce". ”

"Moreover, this milk candy only costs 16 yuan a catty, that is, 8 yuan a catty, the same price as maltose, you want a few catties, I will weigh you."

The same scene began to be staged in various stores in Anxi. In addition, in order to increase the popularity of several large shops, several mirrors, monoculars and clock samples were also bought at high prices. Because these goods have no purchase channels, one is sold, but one is missing.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, Gaoyou. From the beginning of the Chinese New Year to the present, the soldiers have never eaten enough, let alone seen a little meat, and their morale has fallen to the extreme in the case of living an extraordinarily hard life. Zhang Shicheng, the king of Cheng, slaughtered the last pig, and then personally delivered the boiled broth to the soldiers of each battalion.

Although there were not a few pieces of pork in the broth distributed to each soldier, and a few lonely vegetable leaves floated on it, the soldiers still ate with tears in their eyes and were extremely happy.

"Soldiers! Bear with me, believe me, soon we will repel the Yuan army and regain the lost territory. When the time comes, I will let everyone eat enough every day, and have meat to eat every month. ”

"King Makoto! King Makoto! King Makoto! The soldiers received encouragement, their blood boiled, and they were eager to defeat the Yuan army now.

"Hey." Zhang Shicheng sighed in his heart, in fact, he knew that the situation was very grim now, and this person was very good at leading the army to fight, and he was extremely patient. With his advantage, there is almost no chance of a comeback, in fact, he already wants to give up. "Hey! Hold on for another half a month. Half a month later, instead of starving the sergeants to death, it is better to open the city and surrender. ”

"King Cheng, the Yuan army has retreated!" At this time, the soldiers guarding the city gate ran over panting to report.

"Really!" Zhang Shicheng almost couldn't believe his ears, and hurried to the city wall to take a look, and sure enough, the Yuan army had slowly retreated, but did not retreat, but re-encamped ten miles away.

"It's a big deal!" Zhang Shicheng said heartbrokenly.

"Why is King Cheng bad, didn't they retreat?" The general beside him asked suspiciously.

"The retreat leaves an open space for the cavalry to charge, which is a harbinger of the beginning of a large-scale attack! It's just that I retreated so far that I couldn't understand it. Zhang Shicheng did not blame his subordinates for being unreasonable, but patiently explained.

"Report ...... King Cheng, the secret agent of the Yuan army, the flying pigeon passed the book. Another soldier rushed up to the wall and knelt down to pray.

"Bring it in."

Zhang Shicheng unfolded the note and looked at it: "Tokhoff was impeached, and he has been stripped of his military power and returned to Dadu, and now the new Henan Provincial Zuo Prime Minister 'Tai Buhua', Zhongshu Pingzhang Political Affairs 'Yue Kuo Cha'er' and Zhi Privy Council Affairs 'Xue Xue' are the front-line commands, and they will attack the city one day." But each will be at odds, or it may be a surprise attack. ”

"God help me! Except for detachment, my King Cheng has nothing to fear! Discuss the affairs of the military camp of the soldiers. After reading the great joy, Zhang Shicheng already had a countermeasure in his heart, so he immediately began to order.

That night, Zhang Shicheng broke the cauldron and sank the boat, the whole army dispatched, taking advantage of the fact that the Yuan army did not set up a military camp and attacked overnight, the surrounding people should be together inside and outside, and they were interjected everywhere, instantly disintegrating the battle line of the Yuan army, demolishing three towers in a row, and destroying the crystal of the Yuan army like a bamboo.

Under Zhang Shicheng's outflanking, the Yun army suffered numerous losses, while the remaining Yuan army fled in the sea of people's war. Subsequently, Zhang Shicheng took advantage of the situation to attack from all sides, not only recovering the lost territory, but also occupying a large area of land in the south of the Yangtze River.

If history has not changed, then the Yuan army at this time should go back to their own homes and find their own mothers. But Zhang Guanghua's appearance seems to have flapped a little butterfly wings.

On the thirtieth day of the first month of 1355, Zhejiang Province, Qingliu County, now the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi. The governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, "Fojialu", and the Zhongshu Pingzhang political affairs "Yue Kuo Cha'er" led the remaining more than 200,000 yuan troops to flee here, and they gathered the remnants of the soldiers while planning the next plan.

"What should we do now, I just went back, it is estimated that before we arrived in Dadu, we suffered a big defeat, and even Zhang Shicheng was driven from Henan Jiangbei Province to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, and even lost most of the army." In the hall of the county government, the Buddha family was restless and said to Yue Kuocha'er.

"I used to gloat about Totoku, but now I start to envy him, although he may sit on the cold bench for a while when he goes back, he doesn't have to bear the responsibility at all. If we go back this time, we'll all lose our heads. But if we don't go back, the family will be in trouble! I see that we have gathered almost all the soldiers, and we are about to set off at once. Yue Kuo Cha'er also looked sad and said in a very low voice.

"Two political affairs, in fact, we still have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions!" Suddenly, Yin Chen Youding, a county member of Qingliu County, who had been sitting on the side and had not spoken, spoke.

Yue Kuo Cha'er was slightly angry when she heard that an unruly petty official beside her dared to interrupt their conversation. But the Buddha was a little interested and motioned for him to continue. As the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Fojialu still knows the story of the county Yin under his jurisdiction.

Chen Youding's parents died when he was a child, and after joining the army, he was resourceful, and slowly became a post officer in Mingxi County. In the twelfth year of Zhizheng, he was promoted to the military card, coinciding with the Tingzhou Mansion to sentence Cai An to recruit soldiers, Chen Youding was awarded the post of Loess Village Inspector by Cai An because of his wisdom and bravery, and participated in the suppression of the popular rebellion in the Shaowu area with Marshal Tongdu. After winning the battle in the rebellion, he was promoted to the chief secretary of Qingliu County, the county lieutenant and finally the county Yin, and during this time, he also pacified the nearby bandits, so that Qingliu and the surrounding counties were peaceful.

"The two political affairs only know that Gaoyou has a mercenary Zhang Shicheng with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but it is estimated that it is not clear, when you attacked Gaoyou, there was also a large bandit rebellion in our Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, led by Li Da of Anxi County and Lu Guangfu of Tong'an County, just when you were fighting, they gathered the displaced people and entrenched near Anxi County, cutting off the waterway of Quanzhou, our most important treaty port, which affected our Dayuan very large economy. If we can take advantage of the situation to remove this nail, it will be a great achievement. Chen Youding hurriedly said respectfully.

"Really? So how many troops do they have? When Yuekuo Cha'er heard this, she was also interested, and felt that this was also an opportunity.

"They don't have many troops, only 20,000 people in the full battle, and they are still divided into four counties, we can completely defeat them individually." Chen Youding was also happy to talk in his heart, and answered honestly. He is not only good at leading the army to fight, but also very good at seizing every fleeting opportunity, he can imagine that when this meritorious service is reported to Dadu, his status may be able to rise one step further. After thinking about it, as a Han man, he slowly took charge of the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, ah, drunk, thinking of this, he felt a little enthusiastic.

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In the morning, Anxi County, the army barracks.

"Report ...... Report to the two marshals, it's not good! "A little soldier ran through the door in a hurry." The three counties of Xianyou, Dehua and Yongchun were suddenly breached! ”

"What! No way! The Yuan army in Quanzhou is surrounded by us, so how can we send troops. Lee was taken aback.

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1. Chen Youding, the real ruler of Fujian at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, also known as Chen Youding.